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TRUMP RESUMES WEAPONS SHIPMENTS TO UKRAINE
| Live Caged and Cry | 07/08/25 |
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Date: July 8th, 2025 2:10 AM Author: Live Caged and Cry YEAAAAHHHHHHHHHH, WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY TO MOSCOW! WOOOOOOHHHH!
Trump to Resume Sending Weapons to Ukraine The U.S. will send additional defensive arms because Moscow is hitting Kyiv ‘very hard,’ the president says
WASHINGTON—President Trump said Monday the U.S. would resume providing Ukraine with arms to help it withstand Russian attacks after months of trying without success to draw Moscow into negotiations on ending the war.
“We have to, they have to be able to defend themselves,” Trump said of aiding Kyiv during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “They are getting hit very hard. Now they are getting hit very hard. We’re gonna have to send more weapons.”
His comments were the strongest indication so far that Trump has come around to the idea of strengthening Kyiv’s defenses less than a week after it was disclosed that the Pentagon was withholding a shipment of arms earmarked for Ukraine.
In a statement late Monday, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said: “At President Trump’s direction, the Department of Defense is sending additional defensive weapons to Ukraine to ensure the Ukrainians can defend themselves while we work to secure a lasting peace and ensure the killing stops.”
Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a telephone call Friday that he wasn’t responsible for the halt in weapons shipments to Kyiv.
Trump said that he had directed a review of Pentagon munitions stockpiles after the U.S. struck Iran’s nuclear sites last month but hadn’t ordered the department to freeze the arms deliveries, according to people briefed on the conversation.
The call with Zelensky came shortly after Trump publicly said he was “very disappointed” and “didn’t make any progress” on a Ukraine peace deal in a separate call Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump urged Putin to end the war during the call, but Putin refused, according to the Kremlin.
“I’m disappointed, frankly, that President Putin hasn’t stopped,” Trump said Monday night.
Trump assured Zelensky that the U.S. will send as much military aid as it can spare, the people said.
A Patriot air defense system launcher in Ukraine. A Patriot air-defense system launcher in Ukraine last year. Photo: valentyn ogirenko/Reuters The pause in weapons shipments to Ukraine, reported last Tuesday, surprised other parts of the U.S. government, including the State Department and members of Congress, as well as Kyiv. After Trump and Putin’s phone conversation, Russia launched drones and missiles at Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in the largest single barrage so far in the war, the Ukrainian Air Force said.
After previously blaming Zelensky for the continuing conflict, Trump told reporters last month at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in The Hague that Putin was proving the “more difficult” partner in reaching a peace deal.
Zelensky hinted after his phone call with Trump that Ukraine might have cause for optimism. “This was probably the best conversation in all this time, it was maximally productive,” Zelensky said during an evening address on July 5. “I am grateful for the readiness to help.”
The halted shipments included Patriot antimissile interceptors, AIM-120 antiaircraft missiles, howitzer rounds, AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, GMLRS missiles to arm Himars rocket launchers, Stinger antitank missiles, and grenade launchers.
The White House National Security Council will meet on Tuesday to discuss the new weapons deliveries to Ukraine, according to two people with knowledge of the meeting.
Patriot interceptors are especially sought-after by Ukraine, whose political and military leadership have lauded the antimissile system for its ability to counter Russian ballistic missiles.
“They do want to have the antimissile missiles, as they call the Patriots, and we’re going to see if we can make some available,” Trump said last month. “They are very hard to get, we need them, too.”
Click for Sound Russia unleashed one of its largest attacks on Ukraine after President Trump said his latest call with Russian President Vladimir Putin made no progress on ending the war. Photo: Gleb Garanich/Reuters The U.S. has provided $66.9 billion in military assistance to Ukraine since Russia’s 2022 invasion, according to a State Department fact sheet dated March 2025.
The last major new arms package for Ukraine was on Dec. 30, during the Biden administration, and included some advanced weapons like munitions for air-defense systems, Stinger missiles and other weapons. The package was worth $1.22 billion.
The Trump administration has continued to send previously-approved weapons shipments, with only a few interruptions.
David Shimer, who led the Ukraine portfolio in the Biden administration’s National Security Council, said the White House should seek congressional approval for further transfers of surplus military equipment from Pentagon stocks or allow European allies to purchase air defense missiles and other needed equipment from the U.S.
“Lifting the pause is just a necessary first step,” he said. “Now is the time for this administration to go further.” |